Celebrate World Environment Day with us today, 5th June 2023! This year’s theme focuses on the critical issue on plastic pollution, under the campaign of #BeatPlasticPollution🌍🍃♻️
So, What is the Issue?
Currently, more than 400 million tonnes of plastic is produced every year, half of which is designed to be used only once. A worrying amount of plastic ends up in our lakes, seas, rivers and landfills sites, making it one of the greatest threats to our planet🌍💚🌱
How can Businesses Reduce their Plastic Consumption to Promote World Environment Day?🌍🍃♻️
- Switch any packaging that you use to re-usable, recyclable, or compostable materials.
- Provide a water station in the workplace, so employees are encouraged to bring a re-usable bottle to work as opposed to a single use plastic water bottle.
- Invest in enough plates, glasses and cutlery for the workplace, so employees do not need to take plastic crockery from takeaways or from home.
- Offer incentives or monthly challenges for employees who make effort to reduce their plastic consumption.
- Where possible, choose sustainable options from suppliers. These are becoming more common and available.
How can Businesses Celebrate World Environment Day in their Workplace?🌍💚🌱
There are many ways to celebrate World Environment Day in an organisation. Here are some suggestions to consider today and every day:
- Arrange a clean-up activity around your premises, picking up litter and unnecessary clutter lying around. This is a great way to involve employees in a worthy activity and show that you are an environmentally responsible company.
- Make a commitment to recycling. Consider purchasing additional recycling bins to locate around your premises, and make employees aware of how they can segregate their waste to be more environmentally conscious.
- This World Environment Day, plant a tree in your grounds if this is possible. It helps absorb pollutant gases and purifies the air.
- Promote World Environment Day through your social media platforms and connections. The more people that are aware of simple ways to protect our planet, the greater the progression will be.
Contact Team Turnstone for advice and assistance 🌍📞 We can help your organisation care for our environment EVERY day, not just on World Environment Day by:
- Construction of environmental, carbon zero and sustainable development policies and procedures.
- Development of toolbox talks to make staff aware of the environmentally friendly habits that your organisation encourages.
- Arranging training on sustainable development and environmental protection.
- Arranging emissions testing for applicable work processes.
- Setting up and maintaining Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001, 50001).
